Prior to Christmas I mentioned that I bought bags of dried spaetzle at Aldi for 35¢/bag. Yesterday I made an interesting side dish using one half of a bag, Baked Cheezy German Spätzle Pasta with Caramelized Onion, which turned out pretty good. Admittedly I didn’t follow the receipt 100%, because I substituted white cheddar cheese for some of the Jarlsberg. If I ever make this recipe again I will also add more spice than the scant salt and pepper instructed.
The back still hurts; it seems to be recovering very slowly. I have tried multiple times to get a time slot for a massage with the woman I visited a month or so ago, but all of her time slots are filled until Sunday. I’m contemplating visiting another masseuse at Tiny House, just to see if I can eliminate the pain. Oh wait, I just booked a deep tissue massage for early tomorrow morning! Woot!
Thanks to Betsy’s need to pick up a library book on Saturday I was reminded that I wanted to renew my Fulton County library card. I did so the other day! Since I am a resident of Dekalb county inside the City of Atlanta, hence paying taxes to each, I also qualify to hold a library card in both Dekalb and Fulton counties.
Last night I also got around to watching the “Detectorists” special episode that I purchased for rental prior to the new year. It was pretty good, and I’m glad that I watched it, being a completionist and all.
Wordle: four, my starter was REACH
Connections: perfect, Green > Blue > Purple > Yellow
Wordle in 4, Connections with 1 error.
Since I wouldn’t be home until late, I had my workout here at the bank- 20 minutes on the bike and 15 minutes on the treadmill. I think that’s only the second time I’ve worked out here since the before times.
Hard not to have a Guinness at the pre-meeting meeting yesterday, and to pass on free whisky at the meeting, but I was strong and survived. And the entire meeting could have been an email but it is good to catch up with everyone. Rachel, the president’s wife and my old high school friend mourned the passing of our youth as we both turn 65 this year. I’ve decided it’s just a number. Just because you grow older doesn’t mean you have to grow up!
-FP
Pass on Guinness? It’s a low alcohol, low calorie beer!!!
Clearly the way I feel at 58.5 means it really is only a number. What’s strange about my health is now that my back hurts, the balls of my feet feel better.
I’m saving my “Pass Day” (thanks, Bob) for a good excuse, like a margarita with dinner.
Curious about your feet, but because your back is hurting means you’re walking differently.
Maybe a visit to a chiropractor.
I have considered that next.
Fifteen-Twenty pounds of weight loss wouldn’t hurt either.
We have a staff meeting tonight, which I am sure, could be done by an e-mail!
nobody reads the emails after the 1st line or so…….. 😉
What’d you say there, Barb? 😉
Wordle in 3 starting with Broth. I had two words I was going to use for my second guess. I should have used the other one. lol.
One mistake in Connections: green, yellow, blue, purple.
Fun sloppy run at the mountain last night. A lot of standing water and the little streams were flowing like rivers.
We went to see The Boys in the Boat last night – $6 Tuesdays at the movie theatre.
It was more entertaining than I thought it would be – Annette was hell bent on seeing it.
I did enjoy it a lot – very good story.
I’ve gone 2 days without drinking, so maybe this week is a dry week – since last week was very wet. Who knows.
I drank a Christmas IPA, which I forgot was in the refrigerator, with my dinner last night.
Well, I was wrong about the patching being done last week, the painters found a LOT to patch up yesterday and that’s all they did. Meanwhile all the furniture in the living room, dining room, bedroom, everything, is gone or covered. Hopefully today they get to painting.
We went to Wahoo for dinner last night and it was surprisingly busy! We had to wait 30 minutes for seats at the bar. If I’d known it would be 30 minutes I might’ve gotten a table, but once we were waiting with cocktail in hand, by golly, we were gonna wait!
That explains the 3 days for sure.
Yeah, that Detectorists special is pretty good, I liked it. I love that show!
I love that show too. What platform is the special on?
I rented it via Amazon.
Excellent. I’m excited to watch it!
That spaetzle dish sounds yummy!
Dry January going well so far, less calories in but now I need to spend more so I can drop some pounds. I’m really struggling with motivation in this cold grey weather.
Wordle in 4 starting with TIRED, how do you not have a vowel after a T. WTF! 🙂
Perfect connections and actually got purple second, that is usually the last color.
Happy hump day!
Good on ya, Bob!
That dish was very tasty, and would be tastier with some spices. I have another spätzle dish in mind that I might make next week. Stay tuned!
Now I’m sitting at Honda. Had my oil changed yesterday. Most of it is now laying in my carport. I took the chance I had enough oil to get me here! Was very nervous sitting at the traffic lights! Life is hard!
Oh no! I always have a nervous feeling after anytime someone works on my cars.
Did you have Honda do the oil change?
I had my 1st oil change done there – but it took 2+ hours, so I will never have them do 1 again – I don’t have time for that.
Holy crap! Could have left off the filler cap (ask me how I know) or might have cross threaded the filter- pretty hard to do…
Hope it’s something simple.
That sucks Sally! I would be very pissed!
Grab some kitty litter on the way home to soak up the oil.
Good call, Bob. Perhaps mention this expense so you get a free oil change next time, assuming you trust them enough to go back.
Ugh, ugh, ugh! Bold and brave of you to drive to the dealer!
Wheelhopper sweatshirts are going to be printed on 1/19 – we could have made the 21st date after all. (that isn’t why Dean changed the date to 1/28, but I was happy so we’d havea few extra days)
Just spent at least thirty minutes “creating” an account with “new” healthcare provider. The reason for the quotes is that I had forgotten that I was with this healthcare provider my first year at Ionic, and therefore already had an account. For whatever reason, no record of my login was in my password managers. Go figure.
green – blue – purple – yellow
matching Paulie again today –
but – I got Wordle in 3
The student surpasses the teacher… lol
Wordle in 3, two misses on Connections.
Kudos, Paulie, for arranging a massage. There’s a chance our paths could cross tomorrow, I have an 11:15 with Laureen at the Reynoldstown location. My body is in need of some extra TLC. Laureen went to nursing school, but then decided not to be a nurse, but she has some mad massage skillz.
After being angsty about it for a week, I have moved forward with the next step in my monumental decision. I don’t know what lies ahead in that regard, but it’s a necessary step. I’m not overthinking it. I’ve been contemplating the quote from the circa 300 BC book The Art of War by Sun Tzu that says “no plan survives first contact with the enemy.”
I am grateful for the extraordinary support I’ve been getting from friends as of late. One of the two Scotts that I know invited me over for an impromptu dinner last night. I ate way better than I would have on my own, and we had a powerful and profound conversation. As my therapist observed this morning, my vulnerability is contagious.
very vaguebooky there David –
but hopefully whatever you are deciding on goes well.
I always thought Paulie was the king of vaguebooking, but David might be challenging him.
Hell, I think I reveal too much here.
… and still the king!
I know, it’s a lot for me sort through. I’ll probably elaborate once I get further into the process. Thank you for the kind thought.
You know we are all rooting for you on your journey.
Thank you, Steve, it very relates to part of the journey.
I’ll be there at 8:30, so unfortunately it’s highly unlikely our paths will cross. I will be seeing Elizabeth, but will keep Laureen in mind for future massages.
Continued good luck with whatever decision this is.
Thanks, Paulie. I’ve mostly worked with Laureen at Tiny Village, I think I got a massage once there from someone else but I don’t remember their name.
Wordle in 5, perfect Connections yellow-green-purple-blue.
Catching up on the blog after my work “week.” On the subject of tossing expired can goods, the stuff I tossed mostly expired in the teens and some in the mid-teens! I had an expired can of pineapple burst a couple months ago and made a hella mess.
It was nice to get back to decluttering and organizing our space. For the most part, I’ve held the line on the previous projects rather than backsliding so I’m pumped about that. Our bedroom is the biggest area of procrastination for me. All this talk of painting is motivating though! Pulling the carpet and painting in the bedroom and attached sitting room would be transformative for sure.
Going to try a couple horses in NC on Friday. I’m packing a change of clothes, but hoping it can be a day trip. The farm is in Summerfield – north of Greensboro so it’s going to be a long day!
I’m sure you know this, but watch your speed in NC! And SC! Decades ago a cop had someone pulled over in I-40. I was young and dumb and figured, well, he’s busy, no need for me to slow down. That motherfucker had a Mustang. He finished up with that person, roared down the highway and popped me, and then roared off and popped the next person. He was totally shooting fish in a barrel.
After bringing stuff into the house, stuff from Florida, I am once again on the warpath (am I allowed to use that phrase still?) for declutterring.
Okay, things that expired 10 years ago actually probably should get tossed. You are vindicated, Debbie! 🙂
I just read that – and was thinking the same thing.
Whatever…. hahahahaha